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Thursday, March 24, 2016

I am going to get right to it as this post is full of lots of News today! Before we get to the topping this week, I would like to welcome TWO new Design Team members to the Seize the Birthday Team! Yeah!!!

First, I would like to welcome my birthday sisterBarbara Campbellto the team. Barbara and I became friends a few years ago thanks to this wonderful hobby of ours and we have had the pleasure to meet one another in person too! She is a fabulous card maker and so sweet to boot and will be a great addition to our team.

Here is a little bit about Barbara!

Hello, I am so excited to be asked to join this creative team of ladies at Seize the Birthday. I live in Wisconsin, but I am an official "Snow Bird" as we enjoy winters in Florida. I am married to a man who understands my need to create. Yes, that means that I bring as much of the crafty things to Florida that I can get in the car. Since retiring, I have had time to pursue the paper craft that I love. I enjoyed my 28 years as an Emergency Department nurse, and now we love to travel. I have been to some amazing places. We have 5 children and 7 grand kids and enjoy having them in our lives.

Next, I would like to welcome Vicki Dutcher to the team and I have to say Vicki is the one person I have to thank for starting me on this crafting journey, as she is the one that believed in me enough to allow me to join my first design team. (Just Us Girls) I will also say that her card making style is so versatile, there is nothing she can't do or hasn't tried. If you haven't come across Vicki in blog land I would be very surprised!

Here is a little bit about Vicki!

Hi all, I have been stamping for a lot of years at this point. It all started with a SU party and has grown from there. I have been a designer for many companies and currently am designing for 3. I love stamping - it is the best hobby out there! I also work at Starbucks part time. I love my job, I love my hobby - can't get any better then that except.... being on this fun Team with Nancy and the rest of the girls. Thanks so much for having me! I'm looking forward to this new gig.

Before I go I would also like to thank Jacquie Southas for being such a terrific Surprise Party Guest these past two months! We have enjoyed having you Jacquie and look forward to seeing more of your fabulous work among the gallery in the future!

Now, onto today's challenge!

Our "Toppings" option this time is...

" Water"

Just remember to keep it a Birthday Theme!If you're not a toppings kinda person, well.....you can juststick with our usual "Anything Goes"Birthday!

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Welcome to another great challenge here at Seize the Birthday! Boy did you really knock our socks off with our last challenge! WOW!

I can't wait to see what you all do this time!

Our "Toppings" option this time is...

"The Great Divide"

What does that exactly mean?

Well, we would like for you to divide your focal point of your card and

or project into thirds, fourths... etc.

Just remember to keep it a Birthday Theme!If you're not a toppings kinda person, well.....you can juststick with our usual "Anything Goes"Birthday!

The choice is yours!

Before we get to the Design Team's fabulous cards! I need to say thanks and farewell to one of our design team members! Anni is stepping down as one of our Designers so you won't be seeing her on this side of the gallery anymore, but she assures me that it won't be the last we see of her amazing talent, as she hopes to play along with us as often as she can! Thanks for your hard work and amazing dedication to the team Anni and we wish you the best of luck with the next chapter in your creative life! We can't wait to see how it unfolds!

Thanks everyone for all of your wonderful creations over the past couple weeks, WOW, were we ever blown away by the number of participants we had! We had over 200 fabulous entries so picking our winners was exceptionally hard! Who am I kidding...picking winners is always hard because we have such a fabulous creative following!